Strong Vincent High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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Tn ltennrd Events nf the Day. ln a true democracy such as ours, one of our greatest gifts handed down to us by our forefathers is the freedom of the press. There can be found no better place than the high schools to teach the benefits and the wise use of this great inheritance. ln Strong Vincent High School, the class in journalism is conducted during the sixth period of each day for assembling, editing, and proof reading the copy of the Strong Vincent News. Here, the room hums with the noises peculiar to any busy newspaper office as hurried reporters add the finishing touches to their editorials and columns before the final deadlines. To give each student first hand experience in the operation of a modern news- paper, the entire management of and responsibility for the production of our news sheet is placed in the hands of the managing editors and the reporters. NEWS: Mr. Wick gives some pertinent directions to the press, Elsie Offner, Editor, and Mary Lou Sweet, Assistant. Row 1: Rohr, Offner, editor lst semester, Tarr. Row 2: Liv- ingstone, Krahe, Bliley, Soneson. Row 3: Holm, Austin, editor 2nd semester, lohnson, Cauley. Row 4: Ruscitto, Hooper, Anderson, Steinrnetz. Row 5: Rogers, Mr. Wick, Sweet, leffery. Twenty-eight

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GIRLS CHORUS-Row 1 : Keplinger Leone, Paden, Saxon, Glazier, Murphy Costa, Spiller, Cutri, Logan, M. Row2 Bowman, Cantlon, Dodsworth, Fischer Logan, C., Smith, Ennis, Gordon, Davis H., Buchelc, Addessi, Ferguson. Row 3 Simon, Norton, Mittner, Litzel, Shira Messenkopt, Frank, Seachrist, Pamin Gigliotti, Davis, A., Block. Row 4. Shoptaugh, Wagiier. Wyiieken, Cav- anor, First, Connaroe, Lundgren McGeary, Graham, Edelman, Pilgrim, Lytle. Snappy Jane Lytle and Margie Pilgrim dance our troubles away at the annual Girls Chorus Variety Show . . . Not one Master of Ceremonies, but two- meet the Davis twins, Ann and Harriet. Although it lacks male voices, the Girls Chorus lacks nothing in choral excel- lence. Besides joining other musical organizations in presenting concerts, this group sponsors many activities ot its own. Among these are the annual Variety Show, and the monthly popcorn sales. Its singing in neighboring communities and schools has won it an enviable position among the city's most outstanding choral groups. The newest addition to the musical curriculum is the Singing Class, open to any student who enjoys group singing. Different personalities are blended under capable direction, and enabled to work in harmony because ot their mutual love ot music. Twenty-seven

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